Photo from Find a Grave
The cache is NOT located at the posted coordinates.
The first Church of St George was built in 1858, two years after a priest began ministering to local people. The congregation grew quickly, and a bigger church was built in 1871, followed by the current brick building in 1892. It remains an active parish in the Holy Cross Area Faith Community.
Land for the cemetery was donated by George Katzenberger, who is buried here along with his wife and son.
Source: Holy Family Area Faith Community
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The cache is located at N 44 23.(340+A+B) W 094 31.9C3 where
A = Marie’s date of death
B = Andreas’s date of birth
C = the last digit of Rosalia’s year of death
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One of the oldest roads in the state, Fort Road was originally built by the federal government after Fort Ridgely was completed in 1853-54. Supplies were shipped from Fort Snelling to Traverse des Sioux, then transported by wagon to Fort Ridgely.
Nicollet County Road 5 runs more than 42 miles from its eastern terminus at its intersection with US Highway 169 in St Peter to the Renville County line. Old Fort Road presumably extended from Traverse des Sioux, although the portion running through the campus of Gustavus Adolphus College has been blocked off. Fort Road as an address runs from the western edge of St Peter to the end of CR-5.
In an ideal world, a paved trail would have been installed when the road was refurbished in the early 2010s. This planned geocache trail will have to suffice, but won’t alleviate my anxiety when biking here.